BURTON, MI -- Community members hoping to capture a final memory of Vern Van Y Elementary School have been invited to a farewell night at the building.

View full sizeVern Van Y Elementary School has announced the closing of its doors in June 2013. The students will be shifted to the middle school as part of a restructuring in the district.Sammy Jo Hester | MLive.com

The Wednesday, June 5, event scheduled from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Van Y Elementary, 2400 Clarice Avenue, is open to the public and will allow students, alumni and parents a chance to walk around the facility before the final days of classes Friday, June 7.

Kindergarten through 3rd grade students at Van Y will move into the middle school building as part of the district's realignment. The middle school will serve as a K-6 building, while the high school is being set up to house 7-12 grade students.

Residents may take pictures and write down their favorite memories of the elementary school named after Vern Van Y, a 15-year member of the Atherton Board of Education from 1945 to 1961, prior to serving six years on the county’s Board of Education. He died in 1998 at the age of 83.

For more information on the event, contact Van Y at 810-591-0850.

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